PDEA-7 chief to public: Beware of fake PDEA agents

Pegeen Maisie Sararana 04/23/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — As the regional director of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) warns about fake PDEA agents, he also encourages victims to report the incident to police so that the proper…

PDEA-7 burns P12M illegal drugs

Alven Marie A. Timtim 11/13/2020

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental — Another batch of illegal drugs was burned by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7), a month after they destroyed P77 million worth of illegal drugs. This morning, November 13,…

6 Daanbantayan barangays now ‘drug-cleared’

Doris C. Bongcac 09/19/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — Six barangays in Daanbantayan town in northern Cebu have been declared as drug-cleared by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). Barangays Calape, Dalingding, Logon, Pajo, Tinubdan, and Tominjao were already issued with a…

PDEA-7: Hard work pays off with 17 kilos of shabu seized in 2 months in Cebu

Alven Marie A. Timtim 09/04/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Intensified operations and close coordination between the police in Central Visayas and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) have led to the confiscation of 17 kilos of suspected shabu worth…

PDEA-7 chief: Drugs slipped into Cebu as quarantine status eased

Alven Marie A. Timtim 08/30/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — There might have been illegal drugs being shipped undetected while Cebu Province and Cebu City gradually downgraded their quarantine status. This was what Director Levi Ortiz of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in…

P4.4M shabu seized in 4 days of operations

Alven Marie A. Timtim 08/30/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The easing of the quarantine status in Cebu may have given illegal drug traders an opportunity to ship illegal drugs here. This was how Levi Ortiz, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas…

Buy-bust ops yield P2.6M shabu, net 23 persons in a week

Alven Marie A. Timtim 07/18/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Eleven buy-bust operations in a week in Central Visayas yielded P2.6 million worth of suspected shabu and netted 23 drug personalities. According to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7), the…

No easing up of lockdown restrictions

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 04/26/2020

People, who looked forward to the easing up of ECQ restrictions four days from now, were frustrated to hear that current regulations will remain until the second week of May. Residents of Metro Manila, Central Luzon (Region…

In search for beauty: Author Malu Tiongzon-Ortiz speaks at the 6th Colour Me Ladies Conference

PR 02/28/2019

You’re thin, you’re fat; you’re dark, your skin is dull; you’re old, you’re slow, etc. Glossy magazine ads, product pop-ups online and tv commercials love to peddle the ideas “you are not enough” and “you can be…

Wilder survives pummeling to stop Ortiz in 10th

AP 03/04/2018

NEW YORK — Deontay Wilder was out on his feet. Forget defending his WBC heavyweight title, Wilder was lucky to find his corner when the seventh round concluded. About 10 minutes later, he was strutting around the…

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